Srinagar: Tourist arrivals in Kashmir are set to break all previous records as more than 1.25 million tourists have already come here to date this year. Officials of the local tourism department have said that over 12.5 lakh tourists have so far visited Kashmir and going by the present trend, the year 2024 is likely […]
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The UN General Assembly drew criticism Thursday for its tribute to the late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash, with Washington boycotting the gathering. Following a minute’s silence, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres offered his condolences to the families of the victims of the May 19 incident, as well as to the […]
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Traders say over 70% of Afghan trasit trade through Pakistan has switched to the Chabahar Port route due to frustrations, fees and other issues on trading through Pakistan As Kabul’s ties with Islamabad remain frosty, traders in Afghanistan have decided to pivot away from Pakistan and have started trading with and through Iran for its […]
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Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa says the Palestinian Authority is making reforms that would allow it to govern Gaza after the war. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa says his government is preparing to eventually govern all of the Palestinian territories, including Gaza. He’s also calling on more European countries to join Ireland, Spain and […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court judges have expressed annoyance over Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent “black sheep” remarks, asking him to file reference against such elements. The remarks from the judges came during a hearing of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) amendment case earlier today. Addressing an event on Tuesday, PM Shehbaz had said: “You are Pakistanis; […]
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DUBAI: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a close ally, in Tehran on Thursday to offer condolences for the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s Student News Network (SNN) reported. Raisi died when his helicopter crashed on May 19 near the Azerbaijan border. Khamenei and Assad met last in 2022 […]
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The Slovenian government has approved a decision to recognise an independent Palestinian state, Prime Minister Robert Golob said, following in the steps of Spain, Norway and the Republic of Ireland. “Today the government has decided to recognise Palestine as an independent and sovereign state,” he said at a news conference in Ljubljana on Thursday. The […]
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Spain’s Congress has approved the government’s contentious Catalan amnesty law, which has now overcome its final parliamentary hurdle ahead of its implementation. The law seeks to withdraw pending legal action against Catalan nationalists for separatist activities, including a 2017 referendum and failed independence bid. The law received the backing of a narrow majority, with 177 […]
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Former US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has been photographed writing “Finish Them” on an Israeli shell as she toured sites near the northern border with Lebanon. The photograph was posted on X on Tuesday by Danny Danon, a member of the Israeli parliament and former ambassador to the United Nations, who was accompanying Haley on […]
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has promised to restore the rule of law and reset relations between Warsaw and Brussels. Poland has officially exited Article 7, the European Union’s exceptional mechanism to rein in countries that openly defy the bloc’s fundamental values. “We consider there is no longer a clear risk of a serious breach […]
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